Chapter 593: Navy's plan to go to sea

Mechanical vehicles are Qin's general term for automobiles and other motor vehicles. People have a strange view of machinery because these mechanical vehicles are always long and strange.

However, the competition is only between the mechanical cars. The reason is that cars at this time still cannot exceed the speed of horses. Horses are still one of the main forces of Qin's road transportation. And these cars are either made big. Either it is too light. It seems very unsafe. Three wheels, four wheels to crawler type, all kinds of strange.

And the noise of these mechanical vehicles is much smaller than before. But it still exists after all.

These vehicles come from various horse-drawn carriage manufacturers in Qin State, and they have begun to transfer part of their energy from making horse-drawn carriages to the research and development of mechanical vehicles. Just like a train. One day in the future, Qin will replace those horses with mechanical vehicles.

No car can complete the race, because many cars broke down halfway, or the water tank was boiling, or the parts were badly worn and the whole car was scrapped. Although the competition is not over. But it ushered in a new era in history. Qin State is working hard to move towards the mechanical age.

Compared with horse-drawn carriages, trains have to undergo a major change. The first is the emergence of welding technology. In this way, Qin Guo's train boilers can be made larger and larger. The increase in traction means that Qin's trains can pull more goods and people at once.

The second is that Qin’s researchers have focused their new attention on diesel engines. Diesel engines are not only light, but can also explode several times the traction power of steam engines, not only diesel engines, but also electric cars. People hope to find a more convenient and smaller traction locomotive.

The last is the track of the train. The emergence of steel rails led Qin to modify some of the train tracks that had already been built. They wanted to replace the original rails with the rails because the load capacity of the train was limited to these rails. In order to speed up the replacement and paving, Qin's engineers began to think about a method that can be constructed in winter. This method is to modularize cement boards. That is, a certain amount of model cement is poured indoors, and then transported to the engineering unit for linking according to the link point. This technology is an extremely bold and innovative concept. If successful, Qin’s engineering project will greatly shorten the engineering time.

Before the General Staff, Zhang Han submitted a plan to go to sea on behalf of the Qin State Navy. The Qin State Navy not only established a port, but also built ships at an extremely fast speed. A large amount of high-quality timber was provided for their use in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The South started his large-scale development with log logging. Although there is still no quicker way of transportation from the north to the south, Qin is working hard to open up this road in the next year. And repair the railway.

In accordance with the ship identification method provided by Shangwen, the Navy built a large wooden battleship with more than one hundred artillery pieces. Two more are under construction. In addition, there is one cruiser with fifty-eight artillery, two destroyers, and one frigate. And twelve fast gunboats equipped with one artillery. These ships are larger than originally thought.

The number of Qin's ships under construction is also accelerating, but the personnel situation is not very optimistic. The number of sailors and crew recruited by Qin State was very limited. The current situation of Qin's navy is very embarrassing. There are ships, but there are very few artillery on board, not only few artillery. Even the staff is small. Large battleships need at least nearly four hundred people. But barely only two hundred people are on duty. Few people in the navy club pay attention, mainly because ocean trade has not started, and the main resources people obtain are from the west and the north. And the huge inland area.

Therefore, Zhang Han is very anxious about this. He hopes that through this plan, he will greatly exchange the government's support for the next year. It is best that the navy can dash out of the Yangtze River to the sea by the end of this year.

The plan is divided into two.

The first one is more moderate. Qin wants to obtain Qin's right to use a section of the Yangtze River in Chu through diplomatic means. If not, Qin will use the warships in his hand to fight a limited-scale surface war mainly over the Yangtze River.

The main method is that the fleet will descend downstream from the upstream and attack the berths of major ships. In fact, the Chu army also had naval forces. And the number of his ships is as high as thousands. But their ships are old warships. Although Qin is a wooden hull ship, it has three sails and is equipped with an advanced shooting system. Qin Guo designed a rope system to slow the recoil of the artillery. In this way, surface wars can be fought in a limited space.

Although Qin’s navy ships are few, they are more sophisticated. The Qin Navy hopes to harass the other party through continuous attacks and force it to let Qin have the right to use part of the Yangtze River.

The second is through the construction of large-scale small and medium-sized ships, which are enlarged versions of gunboats, which are small and flexible and can quickly attack each other. The Navy also hopes to achieve the same purpose as the first plan through low-cost ships.

Wang Jian was an army general. He didn't know anything about the navy, but he knew that Zhang Han's idea would not work based on Chu's war potential. He immediately returned the plan. Only a copy was left as a reference and sent to Shangwen, after all, in terms of foreign affairs. The prime minister still has a lot of right to speak.

The navy plan was returned. Zhang Han felt that the scale of the war should be increased. When this plan was delivered to Shangwen, Shangwen supported the plan, but did not support it. The reason was that Qin was underdeveloped in the south. Although Qin had an old navy and a new navy, it was too difficult to supply logistics.

Qin State did not have a quick access to the south, neither highways, highways, nor railways. Moreover, the Navy lacks important weapons, artillery. The last point is that the ship materials of the Qin State Navy are still made of wood. In this regard, Shang Wen believes that there is no advantage compared to the Chu State Navy.

Analyze technically. The new warships of the Qin State Navy have a speed advantage, but don’t forget that you have an advantage at sea, but this is an inland water system. The width of the river is limited, and there are hydrological and meteorological data. Qin is not dominant. As a result, Qin’s new warships have an advantage in artillery, but your artillery is too small. A hungry tiger cannot survive a pack of wolves. Historical data has proved that if one party takes advantage of the local hydrology and meteorology to use the method of fire attack in the war on the Yangtze River system. The consequences are disastrous.

Shangwen's idea is still to postpone it for one year. When the development in the south has a foundation and the navy is fully equipped with iron-clad ships or steel hulls, the navy will fight again.